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Pip Care to Improve Surgical Patient Outcomes

ConditionAbdominal Surgery
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Pittsburgh

About this trial

Pip Care is developing a personalized, interactive surgical journey platform with a live health coach that works directly with health systems to optimize the perioperative care process. Our Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant platform, Pip, can be integrated into any electronic medical record (EMR), thus alleviating the administrative burden by making operational workflows more efficient. The PIP empowers patients and their families to be more involved in their care by breaking down a patient's healthcare plan into definable, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-complete tasks. Additionally, a health coach completes a health intake to create a personalized perioperative care plan, meets regularly with the patient to encourage goal accomplishment, and facilitates care coordination. This project has 2 phases; Phase I is to assess usability of the Pip Care platform in surgical patients, Phase II is a RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) to assess surgical clinical outcomes while using Pip compared to standard of care.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adult patient ≥18 years old

Planned elective, inpatient surgery between 2 to 24 weeks following enrollment in Pip within the following surgical specialties: complex abdominal surgery (general surgery, colorectal surgery, surgical oncology), gynecologic oncology, thoracic surgery, spine surgery, and orthopedic joint surgery

Daily access to a smartphone or tablet.

Disqualifiers

Unable to speak English

Unable to use a smartphone or tablet independently or with daily assistance.

Currently pregnant (assessed via standard-of-care pre-operative workup)

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Pip Care Digital Health Platform

    Other intervention

    Pip Care Digital Health Platform is a smartphone application granting access to a health coach who will assist the patient in completing a health intake, creating personalized perioperative care plans, and meets regularly with the patient to encourage goal accomplishments and supports healthy surgical recovery.

  • Standard of Care Protocol

    Other intervention

    Subjects in this intervention group will receive routine, standard of care throughout their surgery and hospital stay as determined by their acting clinical care team.

Treatment groups

900 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Pip Care Intervention GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Standard of Care GroupActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Length of Hospital Stay

The total length of hospital stay (# of days) compared between study groups. Outcome will be reported as mean(SD).

Time frame
Up to 7 days following surgery

Secondary outcomes

1

Emergency Room Visits Post-Operatively

This outcome will be measured by % of participants per group who have visited the emergency room following hospital discharge in their 30-day study participation.

Time frame
Up to 30 days following surgery
2

Discharge to Long-term Care Facility

This outcome will be measured by % of participants per group who have been discharged to a long-term care facility following hospital discharge in their 30-day study participation.

Time frame
Up to 30 days following surgery
3

Hospital Readmission

This outcome will be measured by the count of participants who experience hospital readmission following surgery in each study group.

Time frame
Up to 30 days following surgery
4

Complication Rates

This outcome will be measured by the count of participants per group who have experienced any surgery-related complications during their 30-day study participation. Complication experiences will be tracked by yes - subject has experienced one or more complications, or no - subject has not experienced any complications.

Time frame
Up to 30 days following surgery

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Pittsburgh

Lead sponsor

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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